Question

Explain electron microscope and its limitation.

Answer 1

The main disadvantagesare cost, size, maintenance, researcher training and image artifacts resulting from specimen preparation. ... Considered by many to be one of the finest scientific innovations, the electron microscope is a powerful imaging tool surpassed only by the atomic forcemicroscope.

Answer 2

An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination.

Limitations of electron microscope:-

→The main disadvantages are cost, size, maintenance, researcher training and image artifacts resulting from specimen preparation.

→This type of microscope is a large, cumbersome, expensive piece of equipment, extremely sensitive to vibration and external magnetic fields.